angeles. he is remembered for his prolific collection of music. hits like "walk on by" and "do you know the way to san jose?" hal david, dead at the age of 91. >> great song. so here we are, we raise the question about the choice of charlotte, north carolina, as the host for the dnc, in an election where states lying ohio or wisconsin is turning out to be a state that is in play may have been good choices. would a sea like that be better for democrats? one of the questions we want to bat around this morning. we are pleased to be joined by new jersey democratic senator, robert menendez. good to have you here. >> good to be with you. let's tick a look at north carolina, in the last election, president obama had a 100,000 vote margin in charlotte-mecklenburg and thee had the slimmest margin of victory in the course of 2008. so some are now asking, was it a good choice to pick north carolina? and if so, why? >> i think it's a great choice. there are a lot of great choices that choices that the dnc